grilledsausage comments on Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta jet engine

Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta jet engine (www.theguardian.com)

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A worker at San Antonio’s international airport died after being sucked into a jet’s engine late on Friday, officials said.

[–] grilledsausage@kbin.social 37 points 3 years ago (4 children)

The fact that this is generally referred to as being “ingested” sketches me out ever so slightly, just like the word “degloved.”

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[–] atocci@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago

Oh my god, I've never heard of degloving before and looked it up out of curiosity. That's horrifying, it means exactly what it sounds like it does.

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[–] WHARRGARBL@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago

I’ve been degloved - It’s not that bad. Now ingested is pretty final.

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[–] Erismi14@midwest.social 4 points 3 years ago

I am an engineer who works on turbofan engines, and the term ingestion is what whe use for all foreign objects entering the engine. That includes ice and birds too. Still an absolute tragedy.

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[–] Fleabomber@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago

blech

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